food shipping crisis

gCaptain’s full coverage of the food shipping crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and naval blockade of Ukrainian grain ports.


Friday, June 10, 2022
Shipping

The Sea Mines Floating Between Ukraine’s Grain Stocks and The World

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) – As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food

June 10, 2022
Total Views: 2928

Turkish navy frigate underway
Navy

Kremlin Says No Deal On Turkish Navy Escorts Of Grain Ships To Ukraine

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) The Kremlin said on Thursday that no agreement had been reached to sell grain from Ukraine to Turkey – which Ukraine says

June 10, 2022
Total Views: 5937

Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Shipping

De-Mining Ukraine’s Ports May Take Months, IMO Says

By Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) — Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in the region

June 8, 2022
Total Views: 1320

Shipping

Explained: U.N. Plan for Ukrainian Grain Exports Faces Hurdles

By Pavel Polityuk and Silvia Aloisi KYIV, June 8 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian

June 8, 2022
Total Views: 994

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Mariupol port fire
Navy

Putin Says Ukraine Must De-Mine Grain Ports

Turkey, a NATO member, is in talks with the UN and Russia to provide Navy escorts for grain ships and Russia says Ukraine and the west must demine approaches

June 7, 2022
Total Views: 2466

Thursday, June 2, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

UN Aid Chief in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine Grain Exports

By Michelle Nichols June 2 (Reuters) – U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of

June 2, 2022
Total Views: 745

bulk-ship-loading-grain
Navy

Op-Ed: Blockade Running Black Sea Grain Is Not For Amateurs

by CDR Salamander (Op-Ed) The greatest tragedies from war, both directly and indirectly, are those that were clearly foreseen, knowable, or otherwise clear as

June 2, 2022
Total Views: 3738

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Shipping

U.N. Had ‘Constructive’ Talks on Russian Grain, Fertilizer Exports

U.S. ready to give “comfort letters” to shipping and insurance to encourage needed grain and fertilizer exports. By Michelle Nichols UNITED

May 31, 2022
Total Views: 2824

Friday, May 27, 2022
Shipping

Black Sea Convoys…Odesa, We Have a Problem!

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 had a profound impact on shipping in the Black Sea. To prevent

May 27, 2022
Total Views: 5251

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

Black Sea Ports Still the Best Way to Get Ukraine’s Grain Moving and Avoid Food Crisis

By Pavel Polityuk, Felix Hoske and Stefaniia Bern CHERNIHIV, Ukraine, May 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine is desperately trying to export its vast stores of

May 26, 2022
Total Views: 1732

A satellite image shows a closeup of bulk carrier ship loading grain at the port of Sevastopol, Crimea May 19, 2022
Shipping

Opinion: Black Sea Grain Battle Could Define Ukraine War

By Peter Apps LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) – In late April, trucks with number plates from Russian-occupied Crimea descended on the southern

May 26, 2022
Total Views: 1864

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Shipping

Russia Blames Ukraine: “They Mined the Ports, Not Us”

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official is due to visit Moscow in the coming days to discuss reviving

May 25, 2022
Total Views: 2273

bulk ship in egypt
Shipping

Mined Ports, Red Tape and Russia Risk Stop Ukraine Grain

By Andrea Dudik and Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — Resuming Ukrainian grain shipments will be time consuming given challenges that include

May 25, 2022
Total Views: 1271

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at an Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013.
Shipping

Russia Is Winning From the Global Food Crisis It Helped Create

By Aine Quinn (Bloomberg) — Russia’s war against Ukraine, while deepening a global food crisis, has made the invader among the biggest

May 24, 2022
Total Views: 4161

Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

Support Grows for Naval Escorts for Ukraine Grain

By Natalia Drozdiak and Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — Support is growing in Europe to send warships to the Black Sea to escort freighters carrying

May 24, 2022
Total Views: 2530

Shipping

Ukraine Seeks Ways to Get Grain Out

By Pavel Polityuk and Silvia Aloisi KYIV, May 24 (Reuters) – Ukraine is seeking ways to get grain and vegetable oils out of the country by breaking a

May 24, 2022
Total Views: 1562

Saturday, May 14, 2022
A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at an Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013.
Ports

Germany Accuses Putin of Provoking the Global Food Crisis

By Iain Rogers, Katharina Rosskopf and Arne Delfs May 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) –German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russia of deliberately

May 14, 2022
Total Views: 1326

Friday, May 13, 2022
Shipping

Romanian Port Races Against Clock to Move Ukrainian Grain

By Luiza Ilie CONSTANTA, Romania, May 13 (Reuters) – Pressed into emergency service by the blockade of Ukraine’s seaports by Russian invaders,

May 13, 2022
Total Views: 6107

Monday, May 9, 2022
grain ship Unity N loading in Romania
News

Ukraine Exported 1 Million Tons Of Grain Last Month Despite War

By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) Ukraine has sown about 7 million hectares of spring crops so far this year, or 25-30% less than in the corresponding period of

May 9, 2022
Total Views: 2411

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Shipping

Russia’s Attacks on Key Bridge May Hit Ukraine’s Grain Export Plans

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV, April 27 (Reuters) – Russia launched two missile strikes and damaged a strategic bridge in Ukraine’s Odesa

April 27, 2022
Total Views: 2435